Mariah Bell had an impressive 2016-17 skating season, which turned out to be her big-stakes breakout on the international scene, no less. The 21-year-old skater, a Tulsa, Oklahoma, native, ranked second at two of her ISU Challenger Series assignments, earning silver at the 2016 CS U.S. International Classic. She was then invited to the 2016 Skate America to replace the injured Angela Wang, earning silver behind Ashley Wagner.

But her breakout moment was when she won the bronze medal at the U.S. Championships in January 2017, earning her a spot on the Four Continents and World teams. Although she ended the season with a disappointing 12th place at the 2017 World Championships, the rising star continues to prepare for what she hopes will be her Olympic debut at PyeongChang, South Korea.

1. Mariah began skating at 3 years old thanks to her older sister, Morgan. Morgan, 26, began skating at 6 years old and started competing at 8. "Mariah was a rink rat," Morgan told the Omaha World-Herald. “She was always there [to watch me], so mom put her in group lessons at 3.” Mariah explained to U.S. Figure Skating, "My mom said it was easier to put me in skates than chase me around."

Morgan, who has since retired from competitive skating, now plays Anna from Frozen on Disney On Ice's Dream Big show. It's unclear whether Mariah has plans to join her if/when she hangs up her competitive skates, but she's certainly got a Disney-worthy smile going!

2. But if Mariah was going to be a Disney princess, she's surely be Ariel. She has a thingfor mermaids, you see.

3. Also thanks to her sister, she can ride a unicycle. She told U.S. Figure Skating she learned when she was 12 because her sister knew how to ride one — and she then got a unicycle herself as a birthday gift that year. It took her about 6 months to get the hang of it.

4. Mariah used a self-written song to convince her parents to move her and her sister from Texas to Colorado so they could both train with a new coach. And she sang it until the lyrics sunk in, apparently. (Morgan, on the other hand, created a Powerpoint outlining reasons why the family should move there.) Mariah's mom ended up moving with the sisters, while their dad stayed in Texas to work, visiting his family a few weekends each month. He eventually joined them in Colorado, but Mariah then left the state and her family in 2016 to train in California.

5. She attends the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs. To accommodate her hectic skating schedule, though, she only takes one class per semester. She's interested in studying psychology.

6. She trains with fellow Olympic skater Ashley Wagner; Both are coached by renowned figure skating coach Rafael Arutyunyan. “You have no idea what it’s going to be like bringing another female competitor into the rink. I didn’t know her that well before she started working with Raf. I was a little bit anxious,” Wagner told Excelle Sports. “[But Mariah] has so much positive energy, and coming into the rink every single day and having her there has been really great for me. She really pushes me.”

In an interview with Cosmopolitan.com, Mariah added that she views Ashley as her "other big sister."

7. But they aren't competitive with each other — nor does Mariah get competitive with any of her peers. "You can only control what you can control," Mariah told Cosmopolitan.com. "Even though it's a sport where you are [scored] against other people, it's not how I view it — I'm competing against myself and what I want to improve on."

11. Mariah is an avid paddleboarder. She and Romain live together in Long Beach, California, near where they train. "We're at the rink from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. every day, and after that I'll go to the beach and paddleboard," Mariah told Cosmopolitan.com. "It's really important [for me] that when I'm away from the rink, I'm done for the day."

Mariah Bell had an impressive 2016-17 skating season, which turned out to be her big-stakes breakout on the international scene, no less. The 21-year-old skater, a Tulsa, Oklahoma, native, ranked second at two of her ISU Challenger Series assignments, earning silver at the 2016 CS U.S. International Classic. She was then invited to the 2016 Skate America to replace the injured Angela Wang, earning silver behind Ashley Wagner.